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A thread of everything that’s happening in Kamchatka, Russia and why it’s important to talk about it now. If you are a native English speaker, I’m practically begging you to retweet this. #Kamchatka #PacificOcean
An environmental disaster is happening in Kamchatka.
The Pacific coast is poisoned with chemistry. Surfers have corneal burns, nausea, dizziness.
The shore is dotted with the corpses of bottom animals.
The Pacific coast is poisoned with chemistry. Surfers have corneal burns, nausea, dizziness.
The shore is dotted with the corpses of bottom animals.
tw // dead animals
The water color is yellow due to the leakage of petroleum products and phenols.
The levels are exceeding the permissible norms for petroleum products by almost 4 times. In addition, the maximum permissible concentration for phenols in the ocean is 2.5 times higher.
The levels are exceeding the permissible norms for petroleum products by almost 4 times. In addition, the maximum permissible concentration for phenols in the ocean is 2.5 times higher.
THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
Not only the fish are dead, but octopuses, mussels, sea urchins, etc. There are even dead seals. This is truly heartbreaking.
Not only the fish are dead, but octopuses, mussels, sea urchins, etc. There are even dead seals. This is truly heartbreaking.
THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. Television and state media are silent. The source and scale of the disaster have not yet been determined. Fishing in the area continues as if nothing had happened.
THIS IS THE PACIFIC OCEAN. IT CONCERNS ALL OF US. THERE’S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW, OUR ONLY DUTY IS TO SPREAD INFORMATION. PLEASE RETWEET THIS. MORE PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT MIGHT PUSH THE GOVERNMENT INTO INVESTIGATION OF THIS CATASTROPHE.
THERE IS NO PLANET B.
THERE IS NO PLANET B.
Подпишите петицию/Sign the petition here https://greenpeace.ru/news/2020/10/02/na-kamchatke-proizoshla-jekologicheskaja-katastrofa/
how to sign this petition: click on the link and scroll down until you see this orange button (1 ss) then click on it. once again scroll to the bottom until you see this (2 ss) fill in your name, surname, email and date of birth (last line). leave everything else untouched
if you don’t want to receive updates uncheck the button. click on the orange button to submit
a video taken from a helicopter showing the amount of poisoned water
tw // dead sea creatures
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another one showing the consequences of this disaster
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another one showing the consequences of this disaster
this is in no way, shape or form political. this is our heritage, our nature and ecology. please use your platforms to talk about it. the pacific ocean borders more than 40 countries. we have to protect it and its precious natural environment.
more information here https://twitter.com/thecutestbucket/status/1312340464452988928
another thread https://twitter.com/daydreamnct/status/1312333438985408512
An investigation has just started!! Thank you so much everyone, please keep spreading this information. We are not done yet.
the official Greenpeace Russia statement. the second pic is the English translation.
if you wish to donate to Greenpeace Russia in order to help them with the investigation, you can do it here
(please pay attention as the amounts are in rubles, the russian currency)
https://join.greenpeace.ru/index.php?iAppealID=5564&utm_source=instagramstories&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rr-kamchatka&utm_content=post&utm_term=031020
(please pay attention as the amounts are in rubles, the russian currency)
https://join.greenpeace.ru/index.php?iAppealID=5564&utm_source=instagramstories&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=rr-kamchatka&utm_content=post&utm_term=031020
update from october the 4th: some volunteers went on boat close to the shore to collect some water samples. this is how the water looks like.
source and more updates on instagram: https://instagram.com/snowave_kamchatka?igshid=1p08z84gcfws1
source and more updates on instagram: https://instagram.com/snowave_kamchatka?igshid=1p08z84gcfws1
Some russian media has finally started to address the situation. This new article here says that specialists have selected samples of seawater, atmospheric air and sand, as well as other verification measures aimed at establishing all the circumstances of what happened.
Also, the head of Kamchatka went to Khalaktyrsky beach, where the water was contaminated. He promised that those officials who kept silent or embellished the situation would be fired. He noted the country's lack of an environmental accident monitoring system.
An administrative case was opened (FINALLY!!) under the article on violation of economic activity in the coastal zone. Yarovaya (a Russian politician) noted the improper work of local supervisory authorities and the unorganised study of water samples
